Anyone had any good or bad experiences with bubble tea, any favourites, flavours to avoid, etc? What do you like to put in it. I had a taro with pearls and green apple jelly yesterday. That's my favourite so far. One flavour, I forget what it was, tasted like I was being poisoned by some kind of industrial solvent. Does that sound familiar to anyone?

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Back in college there was a bubble tea place right across the street from my dorm. Had over 100 varieties prepared cold, hot, or frozen. My favorites were taro, or banana... both in frozen shake form with the tapioca balls, not the jellies.

Usually found in places with a large concentration of young asian people. I think it was first popularized in Taiwan and spread to the U.S. by way of college students. Nowadays practically every take-out place near UC Berkeley serves them, even places that serve non-east-asian ethnic food (like Greek or Indian).

A phở place in town (actually part of chain) also serves ice slush drinks with tapioca pearls. Among other flavors, they include durian (smells like babypoop, but tastes great!) and avocado. Yes, a sweet avocado drink. It's good!